English Explanatory Dictionary

day job

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One's principal job; one's regular means of income.

Word forms

day job day jobs dayjob day-job

Etymology

From day + job, reflecting the archetypal form: one's job during the daytime, as contrasted with a second job that one works at night, on the night shift or graveyard shift.

Antonyms

night job side job side gig side hustle

Related words

be on days day labor day laborer day shift 9 to 5 moonlighting

Derived words

don't give up your day job
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